Just LOVE this poem JepsonClough!

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Hahaha, I noticed the advert too. When I saw the first 'error', I thought "I won't be using your service thank you very much", but as soon as I saw the second I was pretty certain that the poor grammar and spelling is intentional. Poor advertisers- I bet they were very pleased with themselves and their oh-so-clever little banner too! :-)

LOVING the poem Jepsonclough.

I didn't notice the ad before either, I screen them out too. I think proof reading services are a bad idea anyhow, my friend's boyfriend, who once won an award for being a top English teacher, offered to proof read my stuff, but I've declined. I reckon I need to do this myself so that I can stand on my own two feet. Plus, no-one else can really understand exactly what you are trying to say and much can be lost, or expressed, in a grammatical detail.

Can't take the credit for the poem a (non academic) friend of my brother's posted it on facebook and I stole it (I'm sure he didn't write it either.) I'm going to use it with my first years to prove the error of relying on just the spellchecker.

The errors are definitely intentional!

OK so which idiot posted something on her site? Moron:-s

I didn't think the comments on her site were bad. (It wasn't me incidentally - I understood the ad.) For future advertisements, it's helpful to let her know that not everyone understood that the poor grammar and spelling was intentional. The comments weren't rude or offensive, and gave her an opportunity to explain the ad to anyone else confused.

I thought it was out of order. Especially that it was obviously a joke.

Plus I'd be offended - "There’s a fine line between irony and stupidity"

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Also, if it bothers them they can email her rather than trying to publicly humiliate them. Also, I've worked out who it is from a nearly identical line from on here

Given that the poster clearly didn't understand that it was a joke, why would s/he not criticise it publicly, warning visitors to the site in the process? If I genuinely thought an advertiser was selling a poor service, I would.

My original post was ironic...

We're talking about a post on her site.

I think this thread has actually given her some publicity though - I actually clicked through to her website to see the comments discussed in the previous few posts, so I actually read the website and would consider using her service, now that i know its a joke AND if I had enough money (up)

Yes, I agree, I think she should offer me her services for free.